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0167F253573BFFDAFF2EFB22FC53F8A8.text	0167F253573BFFDAFF2EFB22FC53F8A8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Citrullus lanatus (Thunberg 1794) Matsumura & Nakai 1916	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> 1.  Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura &amp; Nakai (1916: 30 , no. 854) (Fig. 3) </p>
            <p> Basionym:—  Momordica lanata Thunberg (1794: 13) . </p>
            <p> Synonyms:—  Cucumis citrullus Ser. in De Candolle (1828: 301) . </p>
            <p> Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. in Ecklon &amp; Zeyher (1836: 279). </p>
            <p> Citrullus edulis Spach (1838: 214) . </p>
            <p>Local Name: —Ikpan mbakara (Annang), Ikon mbakara (Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common Name: —Watermelon.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Cultivated farmland.</p>
            <p>Description:— Herb, trailing, can be pendant. Stem herbaceous, trailing, angular, pubescent, 0.5–0.7 cm diam.; tendrils 2-fid. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, glabrous, palmately lobed with 5 lobes, green; petiole cylindrical, herbaceous, 4–7 cm long. Inflorescence solitary or axillary, emanating from leaf node, pedunculate, peduncle 2–3 cm long, pubescent. Flowers pentamerous, calyx with 5 sepals, pubescent; corolla with 5 petals, yellow, 1.5–2 cm long. Fruit pepos, circular, cylindrical, irregular, green, sometimes with patches of deep green or deep green strands, with many seeds borne in reddish pulp. Seed flat, black, 0.8 × 0.4 cm.</p>
            <p>Location in Akwa Ibom:— Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Uyo, and Ibesikpo Asutan.</p>
            <p>Abundance:— It existed in 27% of the sampling points and was rare.</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0167F253573BFFDAFF2EFB22FC53F8A8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Umoh, Omodot Timothy;Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F253573BFFD9FF2EF8AAFE41FE5A.text	0167F253573BFFD9FF2EF8AAFE41FE5A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Citrullus mucosospermus (T. B. Fursa 1972) Fursa 1983	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> 2.  Citrullus mucosospermus (T.B.Fursa) Fursa (1983: 111) (Fig. 4) </p>
            <p> Basionym:—  Citrillus lanatus subsp. mucosospermus Fursa (1972: 38) . </p>
            <p>Local Name: —Ikpan (Annang), Ikon (Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common Name: —Melon.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Cultivated farmland.</p>
            <p>Description:— Herb, trailing, can be pendant. Stem herbaceous, trailing, angular, pubescent, 0.5–0.7 cm diam.; tendrils 2-fid. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, glabrous, palmately lobed with 5 lobes, green; petiole cylindrical, herbaceous, 4–7 cm long. Inflorescence solitary, axillary, emanating from leaf node, pedunculate, peduncle 2–3 cm long, pubescent. Flowers pentamerous; calyx with 5 sepals, pubescent; corolla with 5 petals, yellow, 1.5–2.0 cm long. Fruit pepos, circular, cylindrical, irregular, green, sometimes with patches of deep green or deep green strands, many seeded. Seed flat, 1.0–1.5 × 0.7–0.9 cm.</p>
            <p> Location in Akwa Ibom:— Ini, Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, Nsit Atai, Nsit Ubium, Mkpat Enin, Ikot Abasi, Oron, Mbo, and  Eastern Obolo . </p>
            <p>Abundance:— It existed in 100% of the sampling points, where it was abundant in 53%, frequent in 27%, and rare in 20% of the sampling areas.</p>
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0167F2535738FFD9FF2EFDBCFAD6FB9B.text	0167F2535738FFD9FF2EFDBCFAD6FB9B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cucumis sativus Linnaeus (1753: 1012	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> 3.  Cucumis sativus Linnaeus (1753: 1012) (Fig. 5) </p>
            <p>Local Name: —Okokon (Annang and Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common Name: —Cucumber.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Cultivated farmland.</p>
            <p>Description: —Herb, trailing by means of unbranched tendrils; monoecious. Stem herbaceous, pubescent, angular, 0.5–0.7 cm diam.; tendrils unbranched, ± 30–40 cm long. Leaves simple, green, alternately arranged, petiolate, palmate, acuminate, serrate, pubescent adaxially, scabrid abaxially, 4–15 × 2–25 cm; petiole cylindrical, green, ± 5–11 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, pedunculate. Flowers pentamerous, pedicellate, bracteate; sepals light green, pubescent; petals yellow, fused towards base, 2 × 1.8 cm, glabrous on upper surface, pubescent on lower surface; pedicel cylindrical, pubescent, 1.5 cm long. Fruit cylindrical, pubescent when young, turns glabrous with age, 5–28 × 2–6 cm, green, with patches of yellow and white when ripe, many seeded. Seed lanceolate, milky, 0.4 × 0.1 cm.</p>
            <p>Location in Akwa Ibom:— Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ikot Obong, Ibiono, Uyo, and Nsit Atai.</p>
            <p>Abundance:— It existed in 47% of the sampling points, where it was frequent in 20% and rare in 27%.</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0167F2535738FFD9FF2EFDBCFAD6FB9B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Umoh, Omodot Timothy;Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535738FFD9FF2EFBFCFAC2F9DB.text	0167F2535738FFD9FF2EFBFCFAC2F9DB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cucurbita maxima Duchesne 1786	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> 4.  Cucurbita maxima Duchesne (1786: 7) (Fig. 6) </p>
            <p> Synonyms:—  Pepo maximus Petermann (1838: 562) . </p>
            <p>Local Name: —Ndise (Annang and Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common Name: —Pumpkin.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Cultivated farmland. It can grow and proliferate well in the midst of other cucurbits.</p>
            <p>Description:— Herb, climbing and trailing. Stem herbaceous, climbing, angular, villous, 0.4–0.7 cm diam.; tendrils 2-fid, very hairy. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, palmately lobed with 3 joined lobes, broadly acute, serrulate, villous, bright green; petiole cylindrical, herbaceous, green, ± 6–8 cm long. Inflorescence solitary or axillary, pedunculate; peduncle ± 4–5 cm long. Flowers pentamerous, corolla with fused petals forming tube 3–4 cm long, smooth, embedding the androecium. Fruit pepos, round or circular, hairy, green when fresh, brownish when dry, many seeded. Seed flat, chalk-like, 0.7–0.9 × 0.4–0.5 cm.</p>
            <p>Location in Akwa Ibom:— Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, and Mkpat Enin.</p>
            <p>Abundance:— This species existed in 52% of the sampling points and was rare in these sampling points.</p>
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0167F2535738FFD4FF2EF93CFBCEFEA6.text	0167F2535738FFD4FF2EF93CFBCEFEA6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lagenaria siceraria (Molina 1782) Standley 1930	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> 5.  Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standley (1930: 435) (Fig. 7) </p>
            <p> Basionym:—  Cucurbita siceraria Molina (1782: 133) . </p>
            <p> Synonyms:—  Cucurbita lagenaria Linnaeus (1753: 1010) . </p>
            <p> Lagenaria vulgaris Seringe (1825: 16) . </p>
            <p>Local Name: —Iko ukod (Annang), Ukpok (Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common Name: —Bottle gourd.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Cultivated farmland.</p>
            <p>Key: +++ (Abundant: 21–100 individuals per sampling point); ++ (Frequent: 6–20 individuals per sampling point); + (Rare: 1–5 individuals per sampling point); - (Absent) (according to classification by Shukla &amp; Chandel 1972)</p>
            <p>Description:— Herb, climbing and trailing by means of tendrils; monoecious. Stem herbaceous, climbing, angular, pubescent, 0.2–0.3 cm diam.; tendrils 2-fid, spirally coiled just above branching point. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, exstipulate, scabrid, palmately lobed, deep green, apex acute, dentate, 4–15 × 5–15 cm; petiole cylindrical, 3–5 cm long, herbaceous, pubescent. Inflorescence axillary. Male flowers calyx tubular; corolla white, with 5 free petals, slightly hairy. Fruit round, cylindrical, sometimes irregular in shape, 5–15 cm diam., pedunculate, smooth, green.</p>
            <p> Location in   Akwa Ibom:— Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Ibesikpo Asutan, Mkpat Enin, and  Eastern Obolo . </p>
            <p>Abundance:— It existed in 47% of the sampling areas and was rare in these areas.</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0167F2535738FFD4FF2EF93CFBCEFEA6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Umoh, Omodot Timothy;Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535735FFD3FF2EFEB8FEEAF7AA.text	0167F2535735FFD3FF2EFEB8FEEAF7AA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lagenaria sphaerica (Sond.) Meyer 1843	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> 6.  Lagenaria sphaerica (Sond.) Meyer (1843: 197) (Fig. 8) </p>
            <p> Basionym:—  Luffa sphaerica Sond. in Harvey &amp; Sonder (1862: 490); Homotypic synonym:—  Sphaerosicyos sphaericus (Sond) Cogn. in De Candolle &amp; De Candolle (1881: 466) . </p>
            <p> Synonyms: —  Adenopus breviflorus Benth. in Hooker (1849: 372);  Lagenaria breviflora (Benth.) Roberty (1954: 795) . </p>
            <p>Local name: —Ndise ikot (Annang and Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common name: —Wild melon.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Roadsides, fallow bush, cultivated land.</p>
            <p>Description:—Herb, climbing by means of tendrils, up to 50m high; monoecious. Stem herbaceous, climbing, cylindrical, scabrid, 0.2–0.3 cm diam.; tendrils bifid, spirally coiled just above branching point. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, exstipulate, scabrid, palmately lobed, deep green, dentate to undulate, apex acute, 7–15 × 6–20 cm; petiole cylindrical, 3–5 cm long, herbaceous, smooth. Inflorescence cymose; male flowers with tubular calyx, corolla white with 5 free petals, slightly hairy with patches of green towards calyx tube. Fruit round pepos, ± 7– 5 cm diam., pedunculate, smooth, green with white and yellow patches all over, many seeded. Seed flat, 1.0–1.4 × 0.6–0.8 cm.</p>
            <p> Location in Akwa Ibom:— Ini, Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, Nsit Atai, Nsit Ubium, Mkpat Enin, Ikot Abasi, Oron, Mbo, and  Eastern Obolo . </p>
            <p>Abundance:— It existed in 100% of the sampling points, and was abundant in 73%, frequent in 20%, and rare in 7% of sampling plots.</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0167F2535735FFD3FF2EFEB8FEEAF7AA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Umoh, Omodot Timothy;Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535733FFD2FF2EFF08FE53FC9D.text	0167F2535733FFD2FF2EFF08FE53FC9D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Luffa aegyptiaca Miller 1768	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> 7.  Luffa aegyptiaca Miller (1768 : pages unnumbered) (Fig. 9) </p>
            <p> Synonyms:—  Momordica cylindrica Linnaeus (1753: 1009) . </p>
            <p> Momordica luffa Linnaeus (1753: 1009) . </p>
            <p>Local name: —Akusa (Annang), Kusa (Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common name: —Sponge gourd.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Waste dump sites, uncompleted buildings, unpainted fences, roadsides, fallow bush.</p>
            <p>Description: —Herb, trailing and climbing; moenoecious. Stem herbaceous, climbing, pubescent, angular, 0.3–0.6 cm diam.; tendrils 3- to 4-fid, spirally coiled. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, hairy on both surfaces, palmately lobed with 5 joined lobes, green, apex acute, margin dentate, 8.2–17 × 9–19 cm; petiole cylindrical, herbaceous, 4–8 cm long, hairy. Inflorescence racemose for male flowers with about 5–20 flower buds, solitary for female flowers; pedunculate, peduncle 10–31 cm long; pedicel 1.5–2.0 cm long; flowers 3 × 8–9 cm; calyx with 5 green, free sepals; corolla with 5 yellow, free imbricate petals, pubescent on both surfaces, 3–5 × 2–4 cm, androecium parts 5. Fruit pepos, cylindrical, green when fresh, brown and paper-like when dry, produces sponge bearing many seeds. Seed flat, black.</p>
            <p> Location in Akwa Ibom:— Ini, Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, Nsit Atai, Nsit Ubium, Mkpat Enin, Ikot Abasi, Oron, Mbo, and  Eastern Obolo . </p>
            <p>Abundance:— It existed in 100% of the sampling areas, where it was abundant in 73%, frequent in 21%, and rare in 6% of the sampling areas.</p>
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0167F2535730FFD1FF2EFF08FA88FD5E.text	0167F2535730FFD1FF2EFF08FA88FD5E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Momordica charantia Linnaeus (1753: 1009	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> 8.  Momordica charantia Linnaeus (1753: 1009) (Fig. 10) </p>
            <p> Synonyms:—  Sicyos fauriei Léveillé (1911: 150) . </p>
            <p> Cucumis intermedius Roemer (1846: 80) . </p>
            <p> Cucumis argyi Léveillé (1916: 8) . </p>
            <p>Local Name: —Ikpan Ekpo (Annang), Ikon Ekpo (Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common Name: —Bitter gourd.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Roadsides, dumpsites, fallow bush.</p>
            <p>Description:— Herb, trailing and climbing means of unbranched tendrils; monoecious. Stem herbaceous, climbing, pubescent, angular, 0.1 cm diam.; tendrils unbranched. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, acute, undulate, glabrous, palmately lobed with 5 lobes joined towards leaf base, 4–6 × 5–7 cm; petiole herbaceous, cylindrical, glabrous, 2.5 cm long. Inflorescence solitary, pedicellate, pedicel 4–7 cm long, 0.1–0.2 cm diam.; calyx with 5 sepals, green; corolla with 5 petals, yellow, glabrous. Fruit berry with irregular surface, short round, green when unripe, orange to yellow when ripe, 4–6 × 2–4 cm, with many seeds (± 15–25). Seed flat, blackish, surrounded by red aril, 0.8–1.0 × 0.5 cm.</p>
            <p>Location in Akwa Ibom:— Obot Akara, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, and Ikot Abasi.</p>
            <p>Abundance:— It existed in 40% of the sampling areas and was frequent in all these sampling areas.</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0167F2535730FFD1FF2EFF08FA88FD5E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Umoh, Omodot Timothy;Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535731FFD0FF2EFF08FC50FD16.text	0167F2535731FFD0FF2EFF08FC50FD16.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Siraitia africana (C. Jeffrey 1962) Lu & Zhang 1984	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> 9.  Siraitia africana (C.Jeffrey) Lu &amp; Zhang (1984: 30) (Fig. 11) </p>
            <p> Basionym:—  Thladiantha africana Jeffrey (1962: 361) ; Homotypic synonym:—  Microlagenaria africana (C.Jeffrey) A.M.Lu &amp; J.Q.Li in Li (1993: 53). </p>
            <p>Local Name: —Ndise Ekpo (Annang and Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common Name: —Wild pumkin.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Fallow bush.</p>
            <p>Description: —Herb, trailing by means of tendrils, could also be pendant hanging from height up to 20 m high. Stem pubescent, angular, 0.4–0.5 cm diam.; tendrils 2-fid, spirally coiled above and below fork. Leaves simple, petiolate, alternate, acuminate, dentate, palmately lobed, villous on both surfaces, 6–18 × 6–19 cm; petiole pubescent, cylindrical, 5–6 cm long. Inflorescence axillary. Fruit pepos, round, pubescent, green and chalky, with white lines appearing vertically on fruit from stalk to tip, stalk 1.5 cm long, bearing terminal leaf. Seed lanceolate, milky, 0.1–0.3 × 0.1 cm.</p>
            <p>Location in Akwa Ibom:— Obot Akara and Mkpat Enin.</p>
            <p>Abundance:— It was present in 13% of sampling plots and was rare.</p>
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0167F2535731FFD0FF2EFD48FEA3FAB2.text	0167F2535731FFD0FF2EFD48FEA3FAB2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Telfairia occidentalis Hooker 1871	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> 10.  Telfairia occidentalis Hooker (1871: 524) (Fig. 12) </p>
            <p>Local Name: —Nkong Ubong (Annang), Ikong (Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common Name: —Fluted pumpkin.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Cultivated farmland.</p>
            <p>Description: —Herb, perennial, trailing and climbing by means of tendrils. Stem herbaceous, angular glabrous, 0.9–2.0 cm diam.; tendrils 2-fid, spirally coiled above fork. Leaves compound with 3–5 leaflets palmately arranged on leaf stalk, petiolate; leaflets shortly stalked, elliptic or ovate, serrate, young leaflets glabrous, scabrid when older, 6–29 × 4–12 cm, deep green; petiole hollow, herbaceous, 4–8 cm long, 0.2–0.7 cm diam., glabrous. Inflorescence a raceme, 12–15 cm long, bracteate. Flowers pedicellate, pedicel 0.1–0.2 cm long; calyx crenate; corolla lobe ovate, 1–3 cm long, individual petals creamy white with reddish purple eye inside. Fruit pepos, pale green, ± 50–100 × 20–30 cm, with many seeds (30–150) embedded in yellowish pulp. Seed flat, 1.5–2.0 × 3–4 × 2.5–3.0 cm, black.</p>
            <p> Location in Akwa Ibom:— Ini, Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, Nsit Atai, Nsit Ubium, Mkpat Enin, Ikot Abasi, Oron, Mbo, and  Eastern Obolo . </p>
            <p>Abundance:— It existed in 100% of the sampling areas, and was abundant in 67% and frequent in 33% of the sampling areas.</p>
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            <p> 11.  Trichosanthes cucumerina Linnaeus (1753: 1008) (Fig. 13) </p>
            <p> Synonyms:—  Anguina cucumerina (L.) Kuntze (1891: 254). </p>
            <p> Cucumis anguinus Linnaeus (1763: 1437) . </p>
            <p>Local Name: —Tomatos Uduk ikot (Annang and Ibibio).</p>
            <p>Common Name: —Snake gourd.</p>
            <p>Habitat: —Cultivated farmland, but also grows on fences.</p>
            <p>Description: —Herb, climbing by means of tendrils. Stem herbaceous, angular, pubescent, 0.5–0.6 cm diam.; tendrils 3-fid. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, dentate, acute, palmately lobed with 3 or 5 lobes, glabrous adaxially, pubescent abaxially, 5–20 × 4–15 cm; petiole cylindrical, green, 4–15 cm long. Infloresscence an axillary raceme, 10–15 cm long. Flowers pentamerous, pedicellate, with bracts, bears both stamen and pistil; sepals pubescent; corolla with free petals, white, glabrous, opens at night, coils in day with tendril-like edges; pedicel 0.5–1.0 cm long. Fruit green and chalky, variable in shape, mostly cylindrical, elongated like snake, 20–120 cm long, glabrous, pubescent towards stalk, with many seed borne in reddish pulp. Seed irregular in shape, 0.5–1.0 × 0.5 cm.</p>
            <p>Location in Akwa Ibom:— Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Uyo, and Mkpat Enin.</p>
            <p>Abundance:— It existed in 27% of the sampling areas and was rare in these areas.</p>
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            <p> A Dichotomous Key for the Identification of Species of  Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State. </p>
            <p>1a. Petal colour white ...............................................................................................................................................................................2</p>
            <p>1b. Petal colour yellow .............................................................................................................................................................................5</p>
            <p>2a. Leaf texture scabrid ............................................................................................................................................................................3</p>
            <p>2b. Leaf texture smooth............................................................................................................................................................................4</p>
            <p> 3a. Fruit shape spherical...........................................................................................................................................  Lagenaria sphaerica</p>
            <p> 3b. Fruit shape not spherical......................................................................................................................................  Lagenaria siceraria</p>
            <p> 4a. Leaf type compound ..........................................................................................................................................  Telfairia occidentalis</p>
            <p> 4b. Leaf type simple ......................................................................................................................................  Trichosanthes cucumerina</p>
            <p>5a. Leaf apex acute...................................................................................................................................................................................6</p>
            <p>5b. Leaf apex acuminate...........................................................................................................................................................................9</p>
            <p> 6a. Tendrils unbranched ..................................................................................................................................................  Cucumis sativus</p>
            <p>6b. Tendrils branched ...............................................................................................................................................................................7</p>
            <p>7a. Flowers solitary ..................................................................................................................................................................................8</p>
            <p> 7b. Flowers not solitary ..................................................................................................................................................  Luffa aegyptiaca</p>
            <p> 8a. Fruit smooth...........................................................................................................................................................  Cucurbita maxima</p>
            <p> 8b. Fruit pubescent .........................................................................................................................................................  Siraitia africana</p>
            <p> 9a. Leaf glabrous....................................................................................................................................................  Mormodica charantia</p>
            <p>9b. Leaf pubescent..................................................................................................................................................................................10</p>
            <p> 10a. Fruit shape spherical.................................................................................................................................................  Citrullus lanatus</p>
            <p> 10b. Fruit shape cylindrical ................................................................................................................................  Citrullus mucosospermus</p>
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